Scope (blog)
Wanted: Nancy Snyderman reflects on Ebola and calls for commitment to ...
Scope (blog)
fever_pitch_main Two years ago, Nancy Snyderman, MD, was the subject of “wanted” posters placed around her New Jersey home town. Was she a bank robber? A kidnapper? No, she was a physician-journalist who had just returned from covering Ebola in ...

Irish Times
Award for nun who tended Ebola victims in Sierra Leone
Irish Times
When Sr Mary Dolores Sweeney, a member of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny, was asked if she wanted to leave Sierra Leone as the Ebola outbreak gripped the country in 2014, she said no. She and her three sisters working in the community of Makeni ...

Medical Daily
Ebola Update: How The Virus Disables The Body's Immune System
Medical Daily
The Ebola virus is known for how quickly and effectively it shuts down a hosts's immune system. Scientific research has already identified proteins within the virus that hamper the host's immune response, while a new study has gone a little further ...

Awareness Times
Sierra Leone News : President Koroma: “Sierra Leone's Story No Longer about ...
Awareness Times
President Ernest Bai Koroma has said, as a country, Sierra Leone's story is no longer about Ebola but one that is ready for business, huge investment opportunities and a nation working on strengthening the ties of cooperation ties with China. He spoke ...en meer »

Ebola And Marburg Infections Market : Positive Long-Term Growth Outlook Up ...
Medgadget (blog)
Ebola and Marburg infection is a type of hemorrhagic fever that affects multiple organs of the body and leads to severe illness. These two viruses are native to Africa where intermittent outbreaks of these infections have occurred for decades. Ebola ...

New UTMB study sheds light on how Ebola effectively disables immune system
News-Medical.net
A new study at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston sheds light on how Ebola so effectively disables the human immune system. Virologist Alex Bukreyev, UTMB professor and senior author of the study, said the research team engineered ...en meer »

NPR
A Stabbing, A Possible Ebola Outbreak, And A 'Time Bomb' : NPR
NPR
In Liberia, a team of epidemiologists have to delay a criminal investigation, look the other way on illegal drug use and build trust to stop an outbreak of Ebola.en meer »

NPR
A Stabbing, A Possible Ebola Outbreak, And A 'Time Bomb'
NPR
It may sound like the plot of a movie: police find a young man dead with stab wounds. Tests quickly show he'd had Ebola. Officials realize the suspects in the case, men in a local gang, may have picked up and spread Ebola across the slum. These men are ...en meer »

The Sun
Bar boss who almost caused Ebola fears crisis in bid to escape justice jailed ...
The Sun
A FUGITIVE who sparked fears of an Ebola crisis after falsely claiming he had contracted the disease in a bid to escape justice has been jailed after handing himself in. Wali Yaqub triggered a health scare after securing an “entirely bogus” diagnosis ...

Phys.Org
Researchers stress the need for research on Ebola virus disease in great apes
Phys.Org
A new review examines the current knowledge about EVD in great apes and documents the link between outbreaks in apes and in humans, mainly via bushmeat consumption. Credit: Mammal Review. Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a threat to human health, ...en meer »

The Guardian
Ebola in Sierra Leone: 'The scars still show. People are very angry'
The Guardian
Ebola memorials in Sierra Leone. The outbreak claimed more than 11,000 lives across west Africa. Photograph: Isaac HF Bayoh. Global development is supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation About this content. Monday 5 December 2016 07.15 ...en meer »

The Heights
Harvard Professor Talks Learning from Ebola and Zika Outbreaks
The Heights
At the time of the Ebola crisis in 2014, the entire nation of Liberia had as many doctors as there are catiologists at Brigham and Women's Hospital. That's according to Ashish Jha, the director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, who gave the ...en meer »

Wired.co.uk
The key to fighting the next 'Ebola' outbreak is in your pocket
Wired.co.uk
Apple's Calendar app has a spam problem. Here's how to get rid of the annoying invites. Spam; 4 days ago. Pokémon Go's Nearby tracking feature is now live in the UK. Pokémon Go's Nearby tracking feature is now live in the UK. Pokemon Go; 3 days ago.

Huffington Post
We'll Remember Cuba's Ebola Compassion Long After Castro's ...
Huffington Post
The first members of a team of 165 Cuban doctors and health workers unload medical supplies at the airport in Freetown, Sierra Leone, as they arrive to help ...en meer »

Huffington Post
We'll Remember Cuba's Ebola Compassion Long After Castro's Death
Huffington Post
The first members of a team of 165 Cuban doctors and health workers unload medical supplies at the airport in Freetown, Sierra Leone, as they arrive to help fight Ebola in 2014. While the Cuban government's accomplishments and failures are still being ...
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The Hindu
How Ebola changed a country
The Hindu
Sierra Leone has traipsed through a long wanton war that devoured tens of thousands of lives, and bloodied its lush, deep-sea landscape. During the war (1991-2002), a large number of children were recruited as soldiers. I had interviewed over 70 of ...
We'll Remember Cuba's Ebola Compassion Long After Castro's DeathHuffington Postalle 10 nieuwsartikelen »

UTMB researchers find how Ebola disables the immune system
HealthCanal.com (press release) (blog)
Virologist Alex Bukreyev, UTMB professor and senior author of the study, said the research team engineered versions of the Ebola virus in order to study how the components responsible for thwarting or disabling our immune defenses wreak their havoc.

Sierra Leone leader grateful for China's ebola help
CCTV
When the ebola epidemic broke out in Sierra Leone, China made a timely intervention in the fight against the disease. A mobile laboratory was sent to the country, and later became a permanent one. The country's President Ernest Bai Koroma is visiting ...en meer »

From Zika to Ebola: New online tool lets everyone track epidemic outbreaks
Economic Times
LONDON: Researchers have developed a free, real-time epidemic visualisation and tracking platform that can be used to monitor outbreaks of Ebola, Zika and antibiotic-resistant microbes. The cloud-based system called 'Microreact' combines open data and ...en meer »

The Conversation UK
Symptomless Ebola – questions need to be answered before the next outbreak
The Conversation UK
Edward Wright has received funding from Innovate UK, the Wellcome Trust and the UK Department for International Development. Partners. University of Westminster provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. View all partners. Republish this ...en meer »

AFKInsider
US To Deport Immigrants From Ebola Hit West African Nations
AFKInsider
Immigrants to the U.S. from Ebola hit West African nations face deportation from May when their work permits expire after the Department of Homeland Security declared their Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will end on May 21, 2017. The decision has ...en meer »

Global News Network
Nigeria asks US for Anti-Ebola Serum
Global News Network
A UNICEF worker speaks with drivers of motorcycle taxis about the symptoms of Ebola virus disease (EVD) and best practices to help prevent its spread, in the city of Voinjama, in Lofa County, Liberia. (Photo: Reuters). Nigeria has reached out to the U ...

Liberia: Ebola Scare Over, Liberian Immigrants Lose Right to Stay in US
AllAfrica.com
Four years ago, Tenneh Harris, a divorced midwife from Liberia, came to the United States on a 90-day visitor visa but never returned to her West African home. Of America's estimated 11.2 million immigrants who are here illegally, 40 percent become ...

Independent Catholic News
Sierra Leone: CAFOD honours work of community faith leaders on first Ebola ...
Independent Catholic News
One year since Sierra Leone was declared officially Ebola free by World Health Organisation, UK aid agency CAFOD are honouring the community faith leaders who played a vital role in tackling the deadly outbreak which claimed almost 4,000 lives. CAFOD ...

U.S. News & World Report
After Ebola, 4 Ways to Prepare for Our Next Public Health Emergency
U.S. News & World Report
Government health agencies can take these four steps to better prepare for the next disease outbreak. Responding to the Next Ebola. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Responding to the Next Ebola. Government health agencies can take ...

CBC.ca
Canadian lab worker released after Ebola infection scare
CBC.ca
The Winnipeg laboratory worker whose torn suit raised fears he had been exposed to the Ebola virus has been released from quarantine after he displayed no symptoms, a government official said on Monday. The man is well and his quarantine has ended, ...en meer »

Canadian lab worker released after Ebola infection scare
Reuters
WINNIPEG, Manitoba The Canadian laboratory worker whose torn suit raised fears he had been exposed to the Ebola virus has been released from quarantine after he displayed no symptoms, a government official in the western province of Manitoba said on ...en meer »

Philly.com
Ebola scare over, Liberian immigrants lose right to stay in U.S.
Philly.com
Tenneh Harris (center), who has temporary protected status, could face deportation. She was with Voffee Jabateh (left) and Frances Doe last week at the offices of the service agency ARCANA. by Michael Matza, Staff Writer ...

Olive Oil Times
'Ebola of Olive Trees' Arrives in Spain
Olive Oil Times
A vicious bacterium that, according to experts, has the potential to devastate Europe's olive harvest has been spotted for the first time on the island of Mallorca during a routine check. By Reda Atoui on November 27, 2016. Filed in Business. 130. SHARES.

Front Page Africa
PREVAIL Extends Ebola Research to Monrovia Slum Community
Front Page Africa
Monrovia - The ongoing community engagements and outreach activities in support of the Ebola Natural History Study continues to reach out to people in local communities across Liberia. Report by Edwin G. Genoway - edwin.genoway@frontpageonline.com ...

BBC News
Ebola nurse banned for hiding Pauline Cafferkey's high temperature
BBC News
A senior nurse found to have concealed the true temperature of Ebola survivor Pauline Cafferkey has been suspended for two months. A disciplinary panel said Donna Wood's dishonesty was "very serious, but not premeditated". Mrs Wood and Ms Cafferkey ...

Mirror.co.uk
After Ebola: Sierra Leone battles back from the brink a year on from virus which ...
Mirror.co.uk
The horrific Ebola virus killed thousands in the worst outbreak the world has seen when it hit West and Central Africa in 2014. The fast-spreading virus which liquifies internal organs and kills six in 10 victims was at one point feared to be ...en meer »

Mirror.co.uk
After Ebola: Sierra Leone battles back from the brink a year on from ...
Mirror.co.uk
The horrific Ebola virus killed thousands in the worst outbreak the world has seen when it hit West and Central Africa in 2014. The fast-spreading virus which ...en meer »

Telegraph.co.uk
Ebola nurse could be struck off over concealing Pauline Cafferkey's temperature
Telegraph.co.uk
A nurse travelling back from Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone concealed the fact that Pauline Cafferkey had a raised temperature indicating she was infected with the deadly virus, a tribunal has found. Donna Wood returned to the UK with Pauline Cafferkey ...
Ebola nurse Donna Wood had unblemished record, tribunal hearsThe Guardian
Ebola nurse 'dishonestly concealed high temperature'BBC New

BreakingNews.ie
Tribunal finds nurse hid Pauline Cafferkey's temperature after return from Ebola ...
BreakingNews.ie
A nurse travelling back from Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone concealed the fact that Pauline Cafferkey had a raised temperature indicating she was infected with the deadly virus, a tribunal in England has found. Donna Wood returned to the UK with Pauline ...

BBC News
Ebola nurse 'dishonestly concealed high temperature'
BBC News
A nurse accused of falsifying the temperature of Ebola-infected colleague Pauline Cafferkey has been found to be dishonest in her actions. A disciplinary panel found that Donna Wood, a senior nurse, dishonestly suggested that the temperature of Ms ...en meer »

Six-patient ebola evac system launched
AirMed and Rescue Magazine
On 18 November, the US Department of State demonstrated the US government's new Containerised Biocontainment System (CBCS) at Dulles International Airport, Virginia, US. The system, called 'state-of-the-art' by the Department of State, facilitates the ...

Voice of America
Rapid Testing Crucial During Ebola Outbreaks
Voice of America
The Ebola epidemic that swept through Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone during 2014 and the first half of 2015 was by far the worst outbreak of the disease ever, killing thousands of people. Countries with already poor health care systems struggled to ...en meer »